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Krenko, Mob Boss

Legendary Creature — Goblin Warrior

{T}: Create X 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens, where X is the number of Goblins you control.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Jumpstart
Price
$1.98
EDHREC rank
#1120
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Krenko, Mob Boss card art
Krenko, Mob Boss doubles your Goblin count every turn he untaps — the board goes from manageable to lethal in two activations. The four-mana cost and summoning sickness mean he draws removal immediately, so pairing him with a sacrifice outlet like Skirk Prospector or a recursion engine like Wort, Boggart Auntie is the difference between a threat and a liability.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Wort, Boggart Auntie

Wort, Boggart Auntie

91.4% of decks · synergy 0.87

Wort, Boggart Auntie runs Krenko, Mob Boss in over 91% of builds because she recurs him every time a board wipe or removal spell takes him out, keeping the token engine alive through repeated disruption.

02
Muxus, Goblin Grandee

Muxus, Goblin Grandee

94.1% of decks · synergy 0.85

Muxus, Goblin Grandee hits Krenko, Mob Boss off the top over 94% of the time, and landing Krenko off a Muxus trigger with multiple Goblins already in play frequently ends the game on the spot.

04

Grub, Storied Matriarch

80.7% of decks · synergy 0.76

Grub, Storied Matriarch scales with board width, and Krenko, Mob Boss is the fastest way to turn a handful of Goblins into a flood — the two cards accelerate each other's payoff exponentially.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Krenko, Mob Boss lives — he's the most-built Goblin commander on the site for a reason, and the combination of exponential token production and a deep support structure of tribal payoffs makes him a consistent Bracket 3 threat. In Modern and Legacy, he's too slow and too fragile at four mana for a format full of cheap interaction; aggressive Goblin strategies in those formats prefer lords and faster threats. Pioneer is the same story — he doesn't fit the pace. Standard legality is technically current but irrelevant in practice; no Standard Goblin deck wants a four-mana creature that does nothing the turn it enters.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$1.98 cheap tier

At $1.98, Krenko, Mob Boss sits in the cheap tier and represents one of the highest-impact cards per dollar in Commander. Reprint pressure has kept the price flat, and it's unlikely to spike — but at this price, there's no reason not to own one if you're building anywhere near red Goblins.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.